Arthritis, arthrosis are joint diseases. Various causes contribute to their occurrence.
Arthritis is the most common consequence of infectious diseases, joint injuries, the presence of otitis media, tonsillitis, and tooth damage. Arthrosis also occurs with diseases of the endocrine system, when metabolic processes in the body are disrupted, as a result of an injury or constant wearing of shoes of a smaller than expected size. It can also appear in people whose profession is associated with a large load on the joints: dancers, athletes.
Both diseases (arthritis, arthrosis) have completely different symptoms, which makes it easy to differentiate them. Joint damage occurs in different ways. Pain in them, intensifying with any movement, stiffness, especially with a long course - this is how arthritis manifests itself. Arthrosis, on the contrary, is manifested by pains that appear in a state of complete rest and disappear after a small load, in which case they say that you need to "diverge". With a prolonged load, the pain intensifies again, becomes constant.
These diseases have a common feature - swelling of the joint. With arthritis, effusion accumulates in its cavity - an inflammatory fluid, which often leads to a change in its shape and shape. The skin also blushes over the affected joint. The disease is accompanied by weakness, a general increase in body temperature, or only at the site of inflammation.
With arthrosis, the joints also swell, become painful when palpated, and crackle during extension and flexion. In large joints, fluid also accumulates, leading to a change in shape. Spondylarthrosis is accompanied by pain in the region of the heart or abdomen. They are caused by the fact that the bones grow and squeeze the nerve roots, injure them.
When overloaded the affected joints, arthritis and arthrosis are usually exacerbated. The treatment of diseases depends on the localization of inflammation and, of course, on the stage in which it is located. Therapy should be timely and strictly in accordance with the doctor's prescription. In addition, the normalization of metabolic processes in the body, the elimination of a strong load on the area of the diseased joint are important conditions that must be observed so that arthrosis and arthritis disappear.
Treatment of the latter can be complicated by a chronic course and requires a slightly different approach. It should include the use of modern medicines, massage, special gymnastics. At the initial stage, such treatment is quite effective, and the patient fully recovers. However, in advanced cases, arthritis becomes chronic, joints become disfigured, become stiff. Massage and physical education are carried out without delay, as soon as acute events have passed. You should start with simple exercises aimed at alternating muscle tension and their relaxation, and gradually complicate. Training should be systematic and persistent, as a sparing regime will only aggravate the situation, make the joints even less mobile. Overweight of a patient can seriously complicate the treatment of arthritis. As prescribed by a doctor, you can use fluids, gels, ointments to rub the inflamed joints, but it should be borne in mind that these funds do not have a primary, therapeutic effect, but an additional, distracting one. Home remedies used for the same purpose can be dangerous due to the possible content of strong chemical compounds that cause skin burns. Spa treatment can also be carried out only on the recommendation of a doctor and only during the period of subsidence of the inflammatory process (remission).
But, as you know, the disease is easier to prevent than to cure. Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate the foci of infection in the body in time, monitor the condition of the oral cavity, temper, avoid hypothermia and sudden changes in temperature.